Improvement in braiding-machine



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www1 I GEORGE MASON, O F PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

Letters Patent No. 88,576, dated Apr/il 6, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT 1Nl BRAIDING-MACHINE.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the sama.

Be tknowu that I, GEORGE MASON, of the city and count-y of Providence, and State of Rhode Island, have invented a new and useful Improvement on Braidng-` Machines; and I do hereby declare that the following is a clear and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference beingjhad to the annexed drawings, making'a part ofthis specification, and to the letters and figures on the same.

Figure l is a plan view of the plate and machinery of a braiding-machine. v

Figure 2is a perspective view of the old form of carrier and spool.

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the improved form of carrier and spool. Y p

Figure 4 is a perspective view of the'old form of a large or five-horned gear.

Figure 5 is a perspective view of the new and irnpioved form of a large or live-horned gear.

lhe nature of my improvement consists in making the large oriivc-horned gear with slots on the upper side, running back to the hub of the gear, and in Vextending the horns of the gear back to and joining the same to the hub ofthe gear, and in inverting the spool on the spindle of the carrier, and-placing a piu at the base of the spindle, and another at the upperportion 'ofthe tension-weight To enable others to make andnse my invention, I will proceed to describe the same, its construction and operation.

I make a slot in the hearts m, lig. 1, as shown at a, for the purpose of enabling me to move the hearts forward to close the circuit ofthe travellers at any circle on the plate. Y

I make the large or five-horned gear Bwith Vslots l) b b b b, running back to the hub O of the gear B on the upper side, the lower side of the gear being cast solid.

I then extend the horns c c c c o, iig. 5, bach, and

join them to the hub of the gear G, and by that meansv close the circle between the horns and the hub of the gear, marked e e e e, iig. 4. By this means I prevent the spindles (l (Z Z of the travellers from passing inside of the h'orns and round the circle e e e e, iig. 4, while the travellcrsrare changing on a small heart or circle.

round, and change them, and complete their circuit on either a large or small circle, or heart, with the same large or rive-horned gear.

By closing the circuit of the travellers, by moving the hearts forward, by means of .the slot 1,'and changing the. position of the improved large or ve-horned "as occasion requires, I can make narrow or wide braid, and alter the width as required, and can run several sets same time on the same machine, by having two or more large improved gears, as maybe required; l

I reverse the bobbin f, and place a pin, g, at the base of spindle h, to hold the bobbin by means ofthe ratchet at the base ofthe bobbin.

I place another pin, z', in the weight E, for the purpose of raising the bobbin, and allowing the yarn to run off as required. By this means I dispense with the weight j, and am enabled to use iner yarn.

by Letters Patent, is A 1. The gear B, provided with slots, as shown at b l b b b, and having the horns c c c c o extended bach to and joining the hub O of the gear, substantially as described.

2 The combination of the reversed bobbin f, the pin g, in base of spindle, and the pin li, in the top of the weight E, as herein described, and for the purposes specified.

j GEORGE MASON. Witnessesz Y SIMON S. LAPHAM, Burns J. ANGELI..

By this means I am enabled to carry the travellers:

gear, and I'emovin g, or adding' travellers and sm all gears,

of travellers, and make different kinds of braid at the'.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to securel 

